Tax
Chevalier & Sciales provides expert tax advice to financial institutions, asset managers, and HNWIs. Our team skillfully handles complex financial transactions, implements incentive plans, and manages tax litigation. We focus on crafting innovative, lasting, and commercially-sound solutions, backed by deep expertise in Luxembourg, EU, and international tax law.
Our tax team has extensive experience in advising on transactions and situations ranging from basic to sophisticated.
Our clients
We assist financial institutions, asset managers, private equity houses, and high net worth individuals, whether local or international. Our work spans large-scale projects and tailor-made advice on discrete matters.
Tax solutions
We act as lead or co-lead counsel on the tax aspects of complex and challenging financial transactions. These include M&A transactions, buy-outs, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, private equity transactions, finance structures, financial products, securitizations, and real estate transactions.
Additionally, we advise on the implementation of incentive plans for employees, senior executives, and asset managers. We are trusted advisors to HNWI and families in the implementation of asset protection and family capital operations.
Our scope of expertise encompasses Luxembourg and EU tax law, and the interpretation and application of international tax treaties impacting cross-border transactions.
We also manage tax settlements and tax litigation with the tax authorities.
Our approach is innovative and designed to present tailor-made solutions that stand the test of time. We seek realistic and commercially-sound solutions that align with real-time insights and legislative developments.
Key competencies
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The Legal 500
The investment management sector is the principal driver of boutique business law firm Chevalier & Sciales and accounts for the majority of work it handles in an advisory, transaction and litigation setting. As well as helping establish and operate funds administering traditional asset classes, the team has also successfully developed a strong offering in emerging classes, including as it relates to digital assets. Founding partner Olivier Sciales has ‘the ability to translate “law-speak” into clear common language’ and regularly advises Luxembourg and foreign sponsors on the structuring of alternative investment funds. Cécile Rechstein co-heads the team alongside Olivier Sciales.
Client testimonials
‘Direct engagement with the partners. Specialised in setting up investment funds in Luxembourg.’
‘The team provides impressive responsiveness and an outstanding expertise in relation to investment fund matters.’
‘The team is friendly, (not arrogant at all) and very open to work for new business opportunity, especially in the world of crypto/blockchain.’
‘It is a human scale firm where you are not considered as a small client.’
‘Olivier Sciales has the ability to translate “law-speak” into clear common language.’
